Category: Healthy Snacks

What to eat when traveling: 4 tips from the pros!

9/5/2015

What do Registered Dietitians eat on vacation? I recently made a trip with 5 friends from my dietetic internship and thought it was interesting to see some trends. This trip started out with a car trip to our central destination, Pipestem State Park in southern West Virginia. From there we did long day trips to Beckley and to the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs. Based on my observations of how this group of RD’s (pictured at right in front of the Greenbrier) combined vacation fun and healthy eating principles, here are 4 tips for eating well on vacation.

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Fighting the Freshman Fifteen: 8 Top Tips

8/7/2015

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Students are heading off to college over the next few weeks. For this week's post, Erica Carneglia, a dietetics student from Miami University offers her perspective on avoiding the dreaded "Freshman Fifteen" pounds of weight gain. If you are a returning student, use her suggestions to make this year healthier than last!

You still need to eat breakfast, lunch, AND dinner. Just because your mom isn’t there to call you to breakfast, that doesn’t mean you don’t need it! Try to spread your calories out into 3 or more intervals.

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Strawberries: The Taste of Summer

5/30/2015

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One of the food highlights of summer is fresh strawberries. With their glossy red color and juicy sweetness, ripe strawberries are a treat for the eyes and the palate! They are also full of nutrition benefits. One cup of sliced fresh strawberries has just 55 calories, but provides over 100% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin C and more than 3 grams of fiber.

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Easy Energy Bites - What They're Eating at the Olympic Training Center

5/1/2015

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Olympic athletes struggle with finding quick, easy and nutritious foods to fuel their activities just like the rest of us. Yesterday the Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs opened their kitchen to other RDNs attending the SCAN (Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition) conference. We had 15 minutes working together to prepare some athlete friendly snacks.

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What to eat when traveling: 4 tips from the pros!

Fighting the Freshman Fifteen: 8 Top Tips

Strawberries: The Taste of Summer

Easy Energy Bites - What They're Eating at the Olympic Training Center

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